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Hot Tollywood actress Charmi is spreading her wings with her first Tamil movie for five years, Ladam. It’s a fast-paced thrilled with Aravindan, with whom Charmi has a lip-locking moment, for which it’s rumoured she got paid extra. Apparently, there was no reason to pay Aravindan extra to kiss Charmi. She plays a girl called […]

Two films dominated the 55th Filmfare South Awards held at Chennai’s magnificent Nehru indoor stadium. They each took six awards. The first was the Tamil (Kollywood) mega-hit Paruthiveeran and the second, the Telugu (Tollywood) language Happy Days. The stars were out in force in Chennai that night with the brightly shining starlets in the audience […]

Rapidly rising Mollywood star Udhayathara may be appearing in Autograph 2, Cheran’s sequel to Autograph. Navya Nair and Sneha have already been cast in the movie. Busy Udhayathara has also recently completed Thee Nagar with Karan and Kannum Kannum with Prasanna. She will soon be appearing in a second movie with Karan called Malayan, directed […]

A number of very talented Bollywood actresses are moving south towards Hyderabad and the Tollywood industry — Shraddha Das is one of them. She is soon to be seen in the movie Target, along with another ex-Bollywood actress Mumaith Khan and local hero Siva Balaji. Shraddha will also be seen in Allari Naresh’s new film […]

After the success of Jalsa, many people were expecting Ileana to concentrate on developing a career in Bollywood but she is not going to desert her Tollywood fans. Recently, she has signed up for three new Telugu movies. Mumbai-born Ileana lives in Goa and made her debut in Devadasu co-starring Ram. Her big breakthrough, however, […]

Former Miss Surat, the sultry Namitha continues building a flexible career in the regional film industries and has also appeared in an English-language film, Maya. Her next big film is likely to be 1977 opposite Sarath Kumar. Namitha first shot to fame in Engel Anna, which also starred Vijayakanth and progressed to other well-received movies […]

Samiksha has had a rough time of late, in terms of box office succes, but with her latest venture, Karthigai, she looks destined for a hit! The film has sultry Malavika and Samiksha as the leading ladies opposite Vikramaditya. The storyline revolves around the relationships between brothers and between a father and his sons. Samiksha, […]

The hit movie Aparichithudu catapulted Genelia and Shriya into the big league. It looks like it will do the same to their co-star Sada. The music from her movie Unnale Unnale was also very popular and with her new movie Vrindavanam, she is hoping to finally make the breakthrough. She was also the winner of […]

With an appearance in Mission Istanbul, Shriya Saran is finally being recognized in Bollywood for her flexibility and hard work over the last few years. Her career is now expected to move into the Red Hot Zone. She started her career with a bang in Santosham in 2002, opposite Nagarjuna. She received her first award […]

Versatile actor Bhoomika Chawla’s career is booming. The New Delhi girl who starred opposite Salman Khan in Tere Naam, for which she won the Best Debut Award at the Zee Cine Awards, is currently in Kollywood (the Tamil film industry). She is filming for a role where she has to pretend to be a man […]

Hot Tollywood actress Anushka is looking forward to completing the female-centric movie, Arundhati. Meanwhile, however, she can be seen in the upcoming movie Chintakayala Ravi opposite Venky. Anushka, whose real-name is Sweety Shetty, has had some big hits in the past with movies like her debut, Super, Vikramarkudu, Lakshyam and this year’s Swagatham, which has […]

Mahesh Babu is on the top of world right now. With Athidi breaking UTV records that no Hindi film has broken, with projects lined up with some of the best makers in the industry and Pokiri being titled as one of the biggest blockbusters Telugu cinema has ever seen, the superstar has it all. In […]

Shooting star Madhumita currently has five films in hand, waiting to hit the box office. Chennai-born Madhumita first starred in Puttintiki Raa Chelli and was then successful in the Tamil hit movie, Kudaikkul Mazhai alongside Parthiban. Also known as Swapna Madhuri, she then went on to appear in movies such as Englishkaran with Sathyaraj and […]

Top Tamil actress Simran will be making a welcome return in two new movies this year. Watch out for her in Seval where she stars opposite Bharat. Despite being Mumbai-born, it’s the South that Simran conquered with her early movies, very quickly picking up meaty roles such as in Priya O Priya, Vaali, for which […]

Tejashree who has made a number of cameo appearances and taken a few small roles finally gets her big chance in Brahmadeva, a Kollywood movie directed by Dharmalinga. Tejashree is a trained kathak dancer with her own unique style and has played in previous movies such as Madhurey, Ottran and Arya, slowly working her way […]

Kurichi-born Kollywood superstar Namitha enjoyed her birthday with 50 orphans at SNOWBALL 2008 in Snow World, Chennai, where she is also the brand ambassador. Namitha began her career by being crowned Miss Surat in 1998 and she also took part in the Miss India Universe contest. Her first successful movie was Engel Anna opposite Vijayakanth. […]

These are Happy Days indeed for Tamanna, the Mumbai-born South Indian actress carving a niche for herself, following the success of the eponymous movie opposite Varun Sandesh. The movie was generally seen as one of the best Tollywood movies of the year with Tamanna Bhatia bringing a breath of fresh air to the cinemas of […]